Table 1. Monte Carlo p-values (based on 1000 simulations) to infer if LASV infected M. natalensis (antibody and PCR positive) are significantly clustered in the rodent populations of the villages based on the Cuzick-Edwards test.

Village	Date	Positivesa	Totalb	Nc = 2	N = 4	N = 6	N = 8	N = 10
Brissa	14/12/2013	18	51	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Brissa	26/03/2015	9	25	0.03	0.20	0.07	0.19	NAd
Brissa	9/11/2015	22	56	0.10	0.35	0.46	0.31	0.10
Brissa	12/11/2016	13	35	0.44	0.07	0.11	0.07	0.27
Dalafilani	28/11/2013	10	39	0.25	0.02	0.25	0.15	0.13
Dalafilani	17/04/2014	5	11	0.88	0.55	NA	NA	NA
Dalafilani	15/01/2016	13	30	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	<0.01	<0.01
Dalafilani	16/01/2017	11	23	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.16	0.17
Damania	15/11/2013	30	50	0.64	0.63	0.53	0.36	0.15
Damania	25/03/2014	25	59	0.13	0.77	0.60	0.62	0.37
Damania	13/11/2015	17	28	0.12	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Damania	16/11/2016	14	45	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	0.03
Sokourala	3/04/2013	25	46	0.15	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Sokourala	31/01/2017	24	46	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.09	0.29
Sonkonia	12/11/2013	13	46	0.10	0.04	0.09	0.26	0.52
Sonkonia	7/04/2014	11	58	0.52	0.35	0.68	0.62	0.42
Sonkonia	19/11/2015	12	53	0.41	0.33	0.76	0.64	0.62
Sonkonia	24/11/2016	18	41	0.85	0.55	0.67	0.65	0.65
Yarawalia	20/11/2013	16	44	<0.01	0.06	0.07	0.02	0.27
Yarawalia	13/04/2014	7	17	0.15	0.05	<0.01	NA	NA
Yarawalia	21/03/2015	8	36	0.23	0.21	0.27	0.38	NA
Yarawalia	20/11/2016	14	25	0.05	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
All		335	864

^aTotal number of LASV antibody or PCR positive M. natalensis.

^bTotal number of M. natalensis captured per trapping session in the villages.

^cNumber of nearest neighbours (q).

^dNot applicable; bold numbers were considered to be significant.