insects Article Population Dynamics of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Two Rural Villages in Southern Mexico: Baseline Data for an Evaluation of the Sterile Insect Technique Carlos F. Marina 1,* , J. Guillermo Bond 1 , Kenia Hernández-Arriaga 1, Javier Valle 2, Armando Ulloa 1,3, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas 1,4 , Danilo O. Carvalho 5 , Kostas Bourtzis 5, Ariane Dor 2 , Trevor Williams 6 and Pablo Liedo 2 1 Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública-INSP, Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, Mexico;
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[email protected] Citation: Marina, C.F.; Bond, J.G.; Simple Summary: Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the most important mosquito vectors of Hernández-Arriaga, K.; Valle, J.; dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus. There is growing interest in the control of these vectors using Ulloa, A.; Fernández-Salas, I.; the sterile insect technique in which large numbers of sterilized males are released and compete with Carvalho, D.O.; Bourtzis, K.; Dor, A.; wild fertile males for mates.