This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/LIV.14332 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. SERGIO RODRÍGUEZ-TAJES (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-3189-7557) DR. SABELA LENS (Orcid ID : 0000-0003-4900-411X) DR. XAVIER FORNS (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-8188-1764) DR. MARIA-CARLOTA LONDOÑO (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-6533-1586) Article type : Original Articles Handling editor: Ana Lleo Higher seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in autoimmune hepatitis: Role of false positive antibodies Laura-Patricia Llovet 1 , Jordi Gratacós-Ginés 1 , Oswaldo Ortiz 1 , Sergio Rodriguez-Tajes 1 , Sabela Lens 1 , Enric Reverter 1 , Estibaliz Ruiz-Ortiz 2 , Josep Costa 3 , Odette Viñas 2 , Xavier Forns 1 , Albert Parés 1 , María-Carlota Londoño 1 1 Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, CIBERehd, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain 2 Immunology Department, Centre Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain 3 Microbiology Service, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, CIBERehd, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence: Maria Carlota Londoño Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Liver Unit Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain mlondono@clinic.cat Accepted Article