ocr: Resi dent and Staff Physi ci. an Patient Education Chart AIDS Weakens the Immune System * AIDS virus enters the T cells and macrophages, the same cells 0180 sent to destroy the virus. 0 * - It reproduces inside the cells. * The virus bursts out of the cell, killing it. aa Reprinted with permissionfomResident and: Staff Physician (c)1991-92, 19931 by Romaine Pierson Publishers, Inc.