Editing Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS (section)

===Sexual intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS===
{{See also|Virgin cleansing myth}}
The myth that sex with a virgin will cure AIDS is prevalent in South Africa.<ref name=babyrape>{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Flanagan |title=South African men rape babies as 'cure' for Aids |work=Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/1362134/South-African-men-rape-babies-as-%27cure%27-for-Aids.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612061053/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/1362134/South-African-men-rape-babies-as-%27cure%27-for-Aids.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-12 |access-date=2009-03-25 |date=2001-11-11 |location=London}}</ref><ref name="Meel, 2003">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.1.85 | last1 = Meel | first1 = B.L. | year = 2003 | title = 1. The myth of child rape as a cure for HIV/AIDS in Transkei: a case report | journal = Med. Sci. Law | volume = 43 | issue = 1| pages = 85–88 | pmid = 12627683 | s2cid = 2706882 }}</ref><ref name="Groce, 2004">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16288-0 | last1 = Groce | first1 = N.E. | last2 = Trasi | first2 = R. | year = 2004 | title = Rape of individuals with disability: AIDS and the folk belief of virgin cleansing | journal = Lancet | volume = 363 | issue = 9422| pages = 1663–64 | pmid = 15158626 | s2cid = 34857351 }}</ref> Sex with an uninfected virgin does not cure an [[HIV]]-infected person, and such contact will expose the uninfected individual to HIV, potentially further spreading the disease. This myth has gained considerable notoriety as the perceived reason for certain [[sexual abuse]] and [[child sexual abuse|child molestation]] occurrences, including the rape of infants, in [[South Africa]].<ref name=babyrape /><ref name="Meel, 2003"/>