• Burney Kieke MS

  • Biostatistician IV


    • MCRI - MCRI-Clin Epidem and Pop Hlth
    • 1000 North Oak Ave. ML2 Marshfield, WI 54449

Work Experience


2001 to Present:
Senior Epidemiologic Biostatistician, Epidemiology Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield
1996 to 2001:
Mathematical Statistician, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta
1994 to 1996:
Biostatistician, Klemm Analysis Group, Inc., Atlanta
1992 to 1994:
Senior Staff Consultant (Biostatistician), Orkand Corporation, Atlanta
1986 to 1988:
Reimbursement Analyst, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
1984 to 1986:
Computer Programmer, Wakefield Data, Inc, Wakefield

Research Interests


Epidemiologic Methods
Analysis of Clustered Data
Disease Surveillance
Survival Analysis

Select Publications


  • Kieke BA, Jones WK, Smith J, Wilcox L. (1997 September). Female genital mutilation. Female circumcision. Who is at risk in the U.S.? Public Health Rep. 112(5):368-377.
    PubMed ID: 9323387
  • Kieke BA, Koonin LM, Hillis SD, Marchbanks PA, Wilcox L, Lepine LA, Morrow B. (1997 August). Hysterectomy surveillance--United States, 1980-1993. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 46(4):1-15.
    PubMed ID: 9259214
  • Kieke BA, Wingo PA, Thompson BL, Ponce de Leon R, Velebil P. (1997 February). Trends in hospitalizations for abnormal uterine bleeding in the United States: 1980-1992. J Womens Health. 6(1):73-81.
    PubMed ID: 9065376
  • Kieke BA, Curtis KM, Hillis SD, Brett KM, Marchbanks PA, Peterson HB. (1998 June). Visits to emergency departments for gynecologic disorders in the United States, 1992-1994. Obstet Gynecol. 91(6):1007-1012.
    PubMed ID: 9611014
  • Kieke BA, Blackmore-Prince C, Kugaraj KA, Ferre C, Elam-Evans LD, Krulewitch CJ, Overpeck M. (1999 December). Racial differences in the patterns of singleton preterm delivery in the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey. Matern Child Health J. 3(4):189-197.
    PubMed ID: 10791359
  • Kieke BA, MacKay AP, Koonin LM, Beattie K. (2001 July). Tubal sterilization in the United States, 1994-1996. Fam Plann Perspect. 33(4):161-165.
    PubMed ID: 11496933
  • Kieke BA, Duerr A, Warren D, Klein RS, Schuman P, Shah K,...HER Study Group. (2001 March). Human papillomavirus-associated cervical cytologic abnormalities among women with or at risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 184(4):584-590.
    PubMed ID: 11262457
  • Kieke BA, Duerr A, Warren D, Klein RS, Sobel J, Brown W,...Holmberg S. (2001). A multicenter study of bacterial vaginosis in women with or at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 9(3):133-141.
    PubMed ID: 11516061
  • Kieke BA, Hillis SD, Marchbanks PA, Keshavarz H. (2002 July). Hysterectomy surveillance--United States, 1994-1999. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 51(No. SS-5):1-8.
  • Kieke BA, Zane SB, Kendrick JS, Bruce C. (2002 December). Surveillance in a time of changing health care practices: estimating ectopic pregnancy incidence in the United States. Matern Child Health J. 6(4):227-236.
    PubMed ID: 12512764
  • Kieke BA, Kendrick JS, Fiscella K, Franks P, Meldrum S. (2002 June). Risk of preterm birth that is associated with vaginal douching. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 186(6):1345-1350.
    PubMed ID: 12066120
  • Kieke BA, Kendrick JS, Bruce FC, Jagielski S, Joshi R, Tolsma DD. (2002 May). Is vaginal douching associated with preterm delivery? Epidemiology. 13(3):328-333.
    PubMed ID: 11964935
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Marlenga BL, Elliott JL, Zentner JL. (2003 September). Disease surveillance in the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area: focus on farm families. Ann Epidemiol. 13(8):568.
    PubMed ID: 12957004
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Chen RT, Shay DK. (2003 July). Eczematous skin disease and recall of past diagnoses: implications for smallpox vaccination. Ann Intern Med. 139(1):1-7.
    PubMed ID: 12834312
  • Kieke BA, Heegeman DJ. (2003 April). Learning curves, credentialing, and the need for ultrasound fellowships. Acad Emerg Med. 10(4):404-405.
    PubMed ID: 12670860
  • Kieke BA, Mazza JJ, Yale SH. (2004). Recurrent venothromboembolism in patients with and without anti-coagulation after inferior venal caval filter placement. JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE. 19(S1):204.
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Hall MC, Gonzales R. (2004 July). Spectrum bias of a rapid antigen detection test for a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in a pediatric population. PEDIATRICS. 114(1):182-186.
    PubMed ID: 15231926
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Davis JP, Lynfield R, Besser R. (2005 January). Demand for prophylaxis after bioterrorism-related anthrax cases, 2001. Emerg Infect Dis. 11(1):42-48.
    PubMed ID: 15705321
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Casey C, Qutaishat S, Chen RT, Shay DK. (2005 February). Validation of a screening instrument to identify persons for exclusion from smallpox vaccination. Clin Infect Dis. 40(4):620-623.
    PubMed ID: 15712089
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Marlenga BL, Elliott JL, Zentner JL. (2005 May). Farm health surveillance in the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area: a pilot study. J Agric Saf Health. 11(2):211-218.
    PubMed ID: 15931947
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Lynfield R, Besser RE, Kiang KM, Como-Sabetti K. (2005 June). Clinician knowledge and beliefs after statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use. Emerg Infect Dis. 11(6):904-911.
    PubMed ID: 15963286
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Davis JP, Janette C, Besser RE, Knobloch MJ. (2005 June). Impact of statewide program to promote appropriate antimicrobial drug use. Emerg Infect Dis. 11(6):912-920.
    PubMed ID: 15963287
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Kieke AL, Borchardt MA, Spencer SK, Smith KE,...Vandermause MF. (2006 November). Use of streptogramin growth promoters in poultry and isolation of streptogramin-resistant enterococcus faecium from humans. J Infect Dis. 194(9):1200-1208.
    PubMed ID: 17041845
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Mitchell PD, Vandermause MF, Rahman M. (2007 August). Performance of Directigen flu A+B enzyme immunoassay and direct fluorescent assay for detection of influenza infection during the 2004-2005 season. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 58(4):413-418.
    PubMed ID: 17509800
  • Kieke BA, Lynfield R, Como-Sabetti K, Gahr P, Harper J, Craig Christianson R,...Pederson J. (2007 March). Healthcare professional surveys: judicious antibiotic use in Minnesota long-term care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 55(3):473-474.
    PubMed ID: 17341259
  • Kieke BA, Bertz PD, Borchardt MA, Spencer SK, Lambertini E, Loge F. (2008 May). Concentration of enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and noroviruses from drinking water by use of glass wool filters. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 74(10):2990-6.
    PubMed ID: 18359827
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Vandermause MF, Rahman M. (2008 October). Performance of Binax NOW Flu A and B and direct fluorescent assay in comparison with a composite of viral culture or reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for detection of influenza infection during the 2006 to 2007 season. DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 62(2):162-6.
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Bright RA,...Rahman M [including Vandermause MF.] (2008 January). Adamantane-resistant influenza infection during the 2004-05 season. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 14(1):173-176.
    PubMed ID: 18258102
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Kieke AL, Bender J, Smith K, Johnson JR,...Vandermause MF. (2008 February). Predictors of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in the feces of vegetarians and newly hospitalized adults in Minnesota and Wisconsin. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 197(3):430-4.
    PubMed ID: 18184093
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...Vandermause MF [including Irving SA.] (2008 April). Interim within-season estimate of the effectiveness of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine--Marshfield, Wisconsin, 2007-08 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 57(15):393-8.
    PubMed ID: 18418344
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Glanz JM, Vaccine Safety Datalink Team. (2009 December). Risk of immune hemolytic anemia in children following immunization. VACCINE. 27(52):7394-7.
    PubMed ID: 19766577
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Balish A,...Marshfield Influenza Study Group. Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccines varied substantially with antigenic match from the 2004-2005 season to the 2006-2007 season. [published online ahead of print 2009 January]. J Infect Dis. 199(2):159-67.
    PubMed ID: 19086915
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Berger NR, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Mccauley JS,...Klein NP. (2009 February). Varicella vaccination and ischemic stroke in children: is there an association? PEDIATRICS. 123(2):e228-34.
    PubMed ID: 19171574
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Berger NR, Belongia EA, Mccauley JS, Gargiullo PM, Jumaan AO. (2010 June). Herpes Zoster and Exposure to the Varicella Zoster Virus in an Era of Varicella Vaccination. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 100(6):1116-22.
    PubMed ID: 20075320
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Shay DK,...Vandermause MF [including Irving SA.] (2011 July). Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 season: Comparison of interim and final results. VACCINE. 29(38):6558-63.
    PubMed ID: 21767593
  • Kieke BA, Borchardt MA, Spencer SK, Lambertini E, Loge F. (2011 December). Virus contamination from operation and maintenance events in small drinking water distribution systems. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH. 9(4):799-812.
    PubMed ID: 22048438
  • Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Shay DK, Lindstrom S, Irving SA, Vandermause MF. (2011 January). Comparison of influenza vaccine effectiveness using different methods of case detection: Clinician-ordered rapid antigen tests vs. active surveillance and testing with real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). VACCINE. 29(3):387-90.
    PubMed ID: 21095253
  • Kieke BA, Borchardt MA, Spencer SK, Lambertini E, Loge F. (2012 September). Viruses in nondisinfected drinking water from municipal wells and community incidence of acute gastrointestinal illness. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. 120(9):1272-9.
    PubMed ID: 22659405
  • Kieke BA, Borchardt MA, Spencer SK, Lambertini E, Loge F. (2012 September). Risk of viral acute gastrointestinal illness from nondisinfected drinking water distribution systems. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 46(17):9299-307.
    PubMed ID: 22839570
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Patel DC, Irving SA, Vandermause MF. (2012 January). Comparison of clinical features and outcomes of medically attended influenza A and influenza B in a defined population over four seasons: 2004-2005 through 2007-2008. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 6(1):37-43.
    PubMed ID: 21668663
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Klimov AI, Dharan N,...Vandermause MF. (2012 May). Clinical and virologic outcomes in patients with oseltamivir-resistant seasonal influenza A (H1N1) infections: results from a clinical trial. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 6(3):153-8.
    PubMed ID: 22118629
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Bateman A, Irving SA. (2013 January). Effectiveness of Monovalent A(H1N1)pdm09 and 2010-11 Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccines in Wisconsin During the 2010-11 Season. JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Epub Ahead of Print
    PubMed ID: 23341536
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Mascola MA, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Glanz J,...Irving SA. (2013 January). Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine and Spontaneous Abortion. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 121(1):159-165.
    PubMed ID: 23262941