EPX and asthma: When considered along with our previous findings that eosinophils undergo piecemeal degranulation in response to IAV [23] and that eosinophil peroxidase levels are elevated in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung homogenates in mice with asthma and influenza co-morbidity compared to asthma alone (unpublished data), the current results suggest that locally released granule proteins can act in concert to hinder IAV infectivity.