Is antivirus protection necessary for an iPad?

I am new to apple and just purchased an iPad os5.  I have not found anything about antivirus software in the startup instructions.  Is it recommended that antivirus software be installed and if so what software is recommended?
Thanks

It's not necessary, I'm not aware of any viruses for the iOS nor of any anti-virus apps - the closest thing to an anti-virus app that I know of is Virusbarrier (whose reviews don't appear to be that good) which is designed to stop the potential transfer of viruses/malware back to your computer from PDFs etc on your iPad when you sync to it, but I haven't heard of any viruses on the iPad itself.

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