The World Mosquito Program's Oceania director says there's evidence the wolbachia infection has spread through the insect population and there have been no further cases of the viral illnesses in people.
Professor Cameron Simmons said the programme was having great success in tackling the difficult public health problems of dengue, zika and chikungunya, which are spread by aedes aegypti mosquitoes, particularly during the rainy season.
He said the preventive effect spreads with each release of the introduced mosquitoes.
