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Dried blood spots (DBS) are a scalable alternative to serum, but their diagnostic performance for HEV remains poorly characterised. Paired DBS and serum samples were collected from suspected HEV cases during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan. HEV RNA was detected and quantified by RT\u2010PCR, and anti\u2010HEV IgM and IgG were measured by ELISA. DBS performance was compared to serum across assays, and associations between DBS positivity and serum viral load were analysed using logistic regression. Among 100 serum RT\u2010PCR positive samples, 83 were positive by DBS (sensitivity 83.0%, 95% CI: 74.5\u201389.1), with reduced sensitivity at low viral loads (Ct &gt;\u200930). All 48 serum RT\u2010PCR negative samples were negative by DBS (specificity 100%, 95% CI: 92.6\u2013100). 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