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A majority (85.6%) of the participants had heard about <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content>. Bushmeat vendors were more likely (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.96; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.05\u20133.65) to have satisfactory knowledge than the hunters. Handlers with tertiary education were more likely (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 3.22; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.56\u20136.67) to possess significant satisfactory knowledge\/awareness about <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content>. Also, vendors were more likely (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 1.85; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.01\u20133.42) to practice satisfactory mitigation measures than the hunters. Only handlers with tertiary education were more likely (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> 2.48; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.26\u20134.89) to significantly practice satisfactory mitigation measures against <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content>. Although most of the handlers possessed significant knowledge\/awareness about <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EVD<\/jats:styled-content>, few applied mitigation measures against its infection, which is the challenging gap. 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