Do I need an anti-virus for my iPad Mini?

As stupid as it sounds does it need one? It's not jailbroken and it's brand new (just got it yesterday). I'm new to apple products so, please help.

Apple programs (apps) are contained so they have only a very limited ability to interact - and this interaction is controlled by the operating system (iOS).
A virus would have no effect, because it couldn't interact with any other program or the operating system.
That has other consequences and places restrictions on what programs can do.
Some programmers found a way to 'jail break' the iPad and remove this restriction ('jailbreaking' means your iPad can 'run' non-Apple approved apps from the Cydia website, where they make such non-approved apps available).
They can now run 'unauthorised' apps on the iPad that 'take advantage' of the removal of this restriction. The downside - a 'jail broken' iPad could be vunerable to viruses.

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