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Measles is a serious disease that can cause ear infection, pneumonia or even encephalitis (swelling of the brain). Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, there were about 350,000 cases of measles each year in Canada. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, there were 101 cases of measles reported in 2007.
