Title: Diagnostic performance of a fully automated hepatitis E virus antibody immunoassay
Running title: Performance of automated HEV antibody tests
Anna Eichhorn1#, Franziska Neumann2#, Carina Baeumler2, Imke Gutsmann3, Olaf Grobe2, Frieda Schlueter2, Sina Mueller2, Andi Krumbholz2,3*
1 DiaSorin Deutschland GmbH, Von-Hevesy-Str. 3, D-63128 Dietzenbach, Germany
2 Labor Dr. Krause und Kollegen MVZ GmbH, Steenbeker Weg 23, D-24106 Kiel, Germany
3 Institut fuer Infektionsmedizin, Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel und Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Brunswiker Straße 4, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
# both first authors contributed equally
* corresponding author: Andi Krumbholz, MD, krumbholz@infmed.uni-kiel.de; krumbholz@labor-krause.de