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KSHV is a leading cause of infection-related cancers in sub-Saharan Africa and immunocompromised individuals worldwide. Therefore, it is vital to identify the underlying mechanisms of viral infection and transmission to effectively identify specific therapeutic strategies and combat the disease. Here, we demonstrate that KSHV rewires the host cell lipidome during lytic infection. Bulk lipidomic analysis shows significant changes in the abundance of neutral lipids and phospholipids during lytic infection. We further investigated fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) to understand the underlying mechanisms that support KSHV pathogenesis. Using the doxycycline-inducible iSLK.BAC16 cell line, we find that FABP genes are differentially regulated by lytic KSHV infection compared to latent infection. We report that FABP4 is significantly upregulated during lytic infection. FABP4 knockdown using siRNA or inhibition of the FABP4 protein via treatment with a competitive inhibitor during lytic infection significantly reduces extracellular viral titers, indicating that FABP4 supports maximal infectious virion production. 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