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Neil L. Kennihan
Researcher at Naval Surface Warfare Center
Publications - 7
Citations - 82
Neil L. Kennihan is an academic researcher from Naval Surface Warfare Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human decontamination & Spore. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications receiving 65 citations.
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Hot, humid air decontamination of a C‐130 aircraft contaminated with spores of two acrystalliferous Bacillus thuringiensis strains, surrogates for Bacillus anthracis
T.L. Buhr,A.A. Young,Misty D. Bensman,Z.A. Minter,Neil L. Kennihan,C.A. Johnson,Matthew D. Bohmke,Erica Borgers-Klonkowski,Emily B. Osborn,S.D. Avila,A.M.G. Theys,Paul J. Jackson +11 more
TL;DR: To develop test methods and evaluate survival of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki cry− HD‐1 and B. thurringiensis Al Hakam spores after exposure to hot, humid air inside of a C‐130 aircraft.
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Test methods and response surface models for hot, humid air decontamination of materials contaminated with dirty spores of Bacillus anthracis ∆Sterne and Bacillus thuringiensis Al Hakam.
T.L. Buhr,A.A. Young,Harold K. Barnette,Z.A. Minter,Neil L. Kennihan,Catherine A. Johnson,Matthew D. Bohmke,Michael DePaola,Marianela Cora‐Laó,Martin A. Page +9 more
TL;DR: To develop test methods and evaluate survival of Bacillus anthracis ∆Sterne or Bacillus thuringiensis Al Hakam on materials contaminated with dirty spore preparations after exposure to hot, humid air using response surface modelling.
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A Standard Method To Inactivate Bacillus anthracis Spores to Sterility via Gamma Irradiation.
Christopher K. Cote,T.L. Buhr,Casey B. Bernhards,Casey B. Bernhards,Matthew D. Bohmke,Alena M Calm,Josephine S. Esteban-Trexler,Melissa C. Hunter,Sarah E. Katoski,Neil L. Kennihan,Christopher P. Klimko,Jeremy A. Miller,Z.A. Minter,Jerry W. Pfarr,Amber Prugh,Avery V. Quirk,Bryan A. Rivers,April A. Shea,Jennifer L. Shoe,Todd Sickler,A.A. Young,David P. Fetterer,Susan L. Welkos,Joel A. Bozue,D.C. McPherson,Augustus W. Fountain,Henry S. Gibbons +26 more
TL;DR: An integrated method for preparing, irradiating, and verifying the inactivation of spores of B. anthracis for use as standard reagents for testing and evaluating detection and diagnostic devices and techniques is presented.
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Combining spore germination and heat inactivation to decontaminate materials contaminated with Bacillus anthracis spores
T.L. Buhr,Z.A. Minter,Neil L. Kennihan,A.A. Young,Erica Borgers-Klonkowski,Emily B. Osborn,Matt D. Bohmke,Shelia M. Hamilton,Monique B. Kimani,Charles T. Miller,Ryan S. Mackie,Jennifer M. Innocenti,Misty D. Bensman,Samuel D. Lilly +13 more
TL;DR: To add a spore germination step in order to reduce decontamination temperature and time requirements compared to the current hot, humid airDecontamination parameters, which are 75–80°C, ≥72 h, 70–90% RH, down to ≤60°C and ≤24 h total decontamin time.
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Hot, Humid Air Decontamination of Aircraft Confirmed That High Temperature and High Humidity Are Critical for Inactivation of Infectious, Enveloped Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Virus.
T.L. Buhr,A.A. Young,Erica Borgers-Klonkowski,Neil L. Kennihan,Harold K. Barnette,Z.A. Minter,Matthew D. Bohmke,Emily B. Osborn,Shelia M. Hamilton,Monique B. Kimani,Mark W. Hammon,Charles T. Miller,Ryan S. Mackie,Jennifer M. Innocenti,Misty D. Bensman,Bradford W. Gutting,Samuel D. Lilly,Emlyn E. Hammer,Vanessa L. Yates,Brooke B. Luck +19 more
TL;DR: The utility of HHA decontamination was demonstrated after inactivating enveloped RNA virus on aircraft with a 1-h HHA treatment within aircraft temperature and RH limits.