The serological, antigen-detection based and PCR-based assays of samples from 392 patients suggested, conservatively, the following diagnoses (Table 1): hepatitis B 19/389 (4.9%, IgM HBcAb positive among those HBsAg or anti-HBsAg positive), hepatitis C 19/389 (4.9%. Here, CD40LG is linked to hepatitis C virus infection.