Aia no he laʻau koʻokoʻo kākoʻo maikaʻi ʻia i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi. He mea koʻikoʻi kona maikaʻi inā ʻo ka ʻike nui ʻia nā hoʻomanaʻo.

ʻO ka lāʻau āpau³ i nā mākua koi ʻekolu injections, ʻo ka mua a me ka lua e hana ʻia ma waena o 4 a me 8 mau pule. Pono e hana ʻia ke kolu ma waena o 6 a me 12 mau mahina ma hope.

I nā kamaliʻi a me nā keiki, hāʻawi ka papa hana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau Farani ʻekolu kau, me ka liʻiliʻi loa o hoʻokahi mahina, mai ka makahiki ʻelua mahina (ʻo ia hoʻi hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mahina a laila hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mahina a ʻo ka mahina hope a i ʻehā mahina). Pono e hoʻonui ʻia kēia mau ʻano ʻekolu e ka booster ma 18 mahina a laila e hoʻonui i nā pana i kēlā me kēia 5 makahiki a hiki i ka makahiki o ka nui. Ma Kanada, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻekolu mau kau, i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina mai ka makahiki ʻelua mahina (ʻo ia hoʻi hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau ma 2, 4, 6 mahina) a me kahi hoʻoikaika i nā mahina 18.

ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau tetanus aneane pili mau, i nā keiki, me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kūʻē i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, polio, pertussis a me haemophilus influenzae.

Ma Palani, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka tetanus no nā keiki ma lalo o 18 mahina pono. A laila pono ia i kahi hoʻomanaʻo aʻela nō i kēlā me kēia 10 makahiki, i ke ola.

ʻO ka maʻi maʻi he maʻi kino ʻole. ʻAʻole pale ʻia ke kanaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi tetanus a no laila hiki ke loaʻa hou i ka maʻi inā ʻaʻole ia i kaʻi ʻia.