2016b). Therefore, we determined if administration of anticoagulants was associated with changes in IAV genomes 7 days after infection. Anticoagulation did not change the levels of IAV genome in the lungs of the infected mice (Fig. 5A). In addition, there were no differences in the levels of total protein or albumin in the BALF of infected mice treated with the two anticoagulants (Fig. 5B and C). Here, ALB is linked to infection.