AIDS + rape?

[Kuko 4000]

How big a role does rape play in HIV statistics in the most heavily influenced countries (South Africa)?

 

[Puppycow]

Well, here's what I could Google:

http://www.health24.com/news/HIV_AIDS/1-920,58691.asp

ETA:
One more:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/264771

 

[Capsid]

This is probably compounded by the belief that sex with a virgin cures HIV/AIDS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6076758.stm

 

[Quietus]

How big a role does rape play in HIV statistics in the most heavily influenced countries (South Africa)?

Not as much as you may think. Rape, no matter how shockingly high the rate may be, still accounts for a miniscule number of total sexual encounters in any given period.