Table 1.

MBL deficiency and susceptibility to diseases (human and animal studies).

Bacterial infections	Viral infections	Parasitic infections	Fungal infections	Miscellaneous
(i) Streptococcus pneumoniae	(i) CMV	(i) Plasmodium falciparum	(i) Candida spp	(i) Recurrent respiratory infections
(ii) Neisseria meningitidis	(ii) Coronavirus	(ii) Cryptosporidium parvum	(ii) Aspergillus spp.	(ii) Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
(iii) Staphylococcus aureus	(iii) HIV			(iii) Systemic lupus erythematosus
(iv) Pseudomonas aeruginosa	(iv) HCV			(iv) Chronic renal failure
(v) Escherichia coli	(v) HBV			(v) Cystic fibrosis
(vi) Legionella spp.	(vi) HSV