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Measles, mumps and rubella are diseases with serious complications:

Measles â€“ causes a range of symptoms from ear infection and bronchitis to convulsions (fits) or brain damage, and can be fatal.
Mumps â€“ used to be the main cause of viral meningitis in children. Also causes temporary deafness, miscarriage, inflammation of the pancreas, and pain and swelling in the testicles in older males.
Rubella â€“can lead to painful joints, blood disorders and/or swelling of the brain (encephalitis). It damages unborn babies, and may cause miscarriage if the mother catches the disease while pregnant. Babies born with congenital rubella syndrome may have some degree of deafness, blindness, and damaged heart or brain functioning.

There has been some controversy about the MMR vaccine in recent years, owing to a study published in The Lancet in 1998 by Dr Andrew Wakefield. His initial study appeared to show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism and/or bowel disease, but subsequent work and other studies have been unable to prove any association with these conditions.